“Make no mistake, this is a dangerous piece of legislation and anyone who supports it is courting disaster,” Bloomberg said, addressing a crowd of dozens of uniformed police officers on the second floor of police headquarters.

“If you end street stops looking for guns, there will be more guns on the streets, and more people will be killed. It’s that simple.”

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Bloomberg also took aim at the New York City’s media, in particular the New York Times, for turning a blind eye to the victims of the city’s gun violence, even as their editorial board criticized stop-and-frisk.

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